Improvement in fare-registers



UNITED STATES PATENT @FFIGE.

EDWIN GHESTERMAN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIAf IMPROVEMENT lN FARE-REGISTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. T765126, datedApril 25,- 1876; application filed August :20, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN OHESTERMAN, of 50 North Fifth street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Passenger-Fare Enumerators and Classifiers, of which the following is a specification:

The object of my invention is to construct an instrument which shall record and classify the amounts received as fares from passengers.

These improvements on my patent of July 28, 1874, No. 153,475, consist in the arrangement of two or more bells of difterent sounds, one above the other in the same case 5 also, in providing, in combination with a particular register, a clicking device, with a sound somewhat like that produced by pushing in the bottom of a tin can. This is easily distinguished when sounded in connection with the ordinary alarm, and is heard before and after it. Also, in providing a pawl working into a notch in the stem of the hammer, to prevent an alarm being sounded when no fare is registered; also, in placing the half-fare register half-way down the side of the case, for the purpose of distinguishing that a smaller fare has been received; also,in a particular method of securing the glass to the top of the case; also, to enable the passenger to distinguish the difference of sound between the half-fare and cash, tickets, 850., alarm, I cut into the side of the half-fare bell'one or more notches, and also drill the top with holes.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is aplan of the sliding lid, stamped with the dili'erent kinds of fare in different colors. Fig. 2 is a plan of the machine with the top and lid removed, showing one row of register-wheels from which the dials are removed. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the machine, with the top removed. Fig. 4 is a plan of the machine with the sliding lid removed, showing the position of the glass plates. Fig. 5is a view on a reduced scale, showing the method of fastening the glass plates.

A is a shallow case or frame, to which the mechanism is secured. B, the top, in which are placed, for observing the registers M N- O P, glass plates 1) b firmly held by clampsbfi b (Seen in Fig. 5.) M N O P are four similar Sets of counting-registers, each wheel having on it the ten figures and a tappet, a. Q is a knob, secured upon the rod Q This rod passes through the hollow box Q and connects with the slide U. This slide is guided in its motion by the pin u at one end and the rod Q at the other. A spring in the box Q keeps the knob Q extended. The pawl m is hinged upon the slide U, and kept in contact with the first register-wheel by a spring. K and L are sliding bars, working in guides. R and S are the bell-hammers, and are kept in contact with the bell by springs 1' 8 The operation of the machine is in this way: When a fare is received the knob Q is pressed, and the pawl m, which is pivoted to the slide U, gears into the teeth in the register-Wheel, turning it one point. At the same time the bar K, resting against the slide U, is pushed forward, when the pawl lo, meeting the pin projecting from the stem of the hammer just above the notch in said stem, draws the hammer back ready to strike, when the pawl r fits into the notch. Here the pin I0 in the pawl 70 coming into contact with the pawl r raises it, allowing the hammer to strike the bell, and an alarm is given that a fare has been received. The pawls r s prevent an alarm without registering the receiptof afare.

The clicking device, used in combination with the ordinary alarm, is made of a broad spring, fastened to and supported by a buttress at one end, and held suspended at the other. The sound is produced by the action of asmall lever or double arm,j pivoted to the rod J. By pulling the knob j the transfer-fare register is actuated. The rod j, passing through the lower bell E, is fastened at one end to the slide U, and works altogether clear of the sliding bar K. The other end extends through the end of the case A to the knob j By pulling this knob the slide U is brought forward, operating a register by means of the pawl m, as before described, and carrying with it the slideK. When thepawl k comes in contact with the pin on the hammerstem the )awl r is raised and an alarma l a sounded. At the same time the double arm j on the rod J presses the spring F, and the click is heard. This makes what lcall, the compound alarm of two different kinds 7 of sound by one movement. D E arethe alarmbells, placed one covering the other. By this plan I am enabled to save considerable space-- an object of importance in so small a machine. At d d are shown three holes, and at (Z d are shown two slots. These, together or separately, enable me to alter the tone of the bell. The holes enable the sound of the lower bell to be heard more clearly. The holes in the top 13 also allow the sound to be heard when the alarm is given. They add also to the finish of the machine. Opposite the hammer S is shown a projecting lip. This forms part of the upper bell, and the object is to allow the bell to be carried down so that thehammer S can strike it, and enable me to reduce the depth of the machine. The formation of this lip also has the effect of altering the sound of the bell.

In many cases it is desirable to have something that will appeal not only to the ear, but also to the eye. I therefore stamp the different kinds of fare in different colors, so that it can be seen what fare the conductor registers. I place the half-fare on a half-way step, so as to indicate from its position that a small fare has been registered. This position, in combination with its separate alarm, renders it easy for one to tell the kind of fare received. Separating the push and pull knobs is done for the purpose of more readily distinguishing the fare they respectively regisier.

In Fig. 5 is shown my method of holding the glass plates b fixed in their places. The top of the machine is cut away somewhat less than the size of the glass to be inserted, and the frame rabheted. The glass is put in, and the spring-clamps b letbear on it. These clamps are made of thin sheet metal, and pivotedv to the under side of the top or cover. When the glass is broken the clamps are raised, the old glass removed, and new glass put in. The clamps are then turned round and hold the glass firmly. By this method the glass is not so liable to break as when sealed with putty or any similar material.

Iwill now describe the device for locking the register-wheels.

Behind the dials are toothed wheels, as shown at O in Fig. 2. The first register, counting from the knob Q, has behind it the notched wheel 0 The next register has behind it a similar notched wheel, and also a toothed wheel, 0 The upper pair of registers are similar to these in construction. The douhle-arm levers X are so made that one end fits into the toothed wheel, and the other end into the notched wheel, thus preventing the toothed wheel from turning more than one tooth for every revolution of the notched wheel. There is one long tooth, n on each of the registers, by which the wheel next to it is moved.

I claim 7 1. The combination, in one case, of a bell and a sounding-click or equivalent devices, operated separately or conjointly to produce an alarm, indicating a distinct class of fares, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a passengerfare enumerator, of a registering device, N, a hammer, It, and an alarm-bell, D, having a projecting lip, 01 as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In combination, with the registering and alarm devices, the push and pull knobs Q and I, respectively arranged at opposite ends of the case as an additional means of distinguishing different classes of fare, substantially as set forth.

4. The case A, constructed with a step, in combination with the push-knob W, arranged in said step as .a means for distinguishing one cless of fare received, substantially as set forth. v

5. The combination of the sliding bar K, the pawl k pivoted to said bar, pin 70 pawl 1 and hammer It, to prevent the sounding of analarin without registering the fare, substantially as set forth.

EDWIN CHESTERMAN.

Witnesses:

JOHN F. GRANT, D L. SHIVERS. 

